Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plugging devices and deployment in subterranean wells
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Application No.: US16264766Application Date: 2019-02-01
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Publication No.: US10907430B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Gary P. Funkhouser , Brock W. Watson , Andrew M. Ferguson , Jenna N. Robertson , Roger L. Schultz
- Applicant: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Agency: Smith IP Services, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B29/02 ; E21B17/20 ; E21B43/114 ; E21B33/138

Abstract:
A method can include deploying a plugging device into a well, the plugging device including a body, and an outer material enveloping the body and having a greater flexibility than a material of the body, and conveying the plugging device by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, the body preventing the plugging device from extruding through the opening, and the outer material blocking the fluid flow between the body and the opening. In another method, the plugging device can include at least two bodies, and a washer element connected between the bodies, the washer element being generally disk-shaped and comprising a hole, a line extending through the hole and connected to the bodies on respective opposite sides of the washer element, the washer element preventing the plugging device from being conveyed through the opening, and the washer element blocking the fluid flow through the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190162035A1 PLUGGING DEVICES AND DEPLOYMENT IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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